
THE PURSUIT OF LAZINESS |
Subtitle:
An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment
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Book Category:
History > General
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Author:
Pierre Saint-Amand. Translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691149271
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Price:
USD 32.50
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Publication Year:
2011
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Alternative Binding:
Ebook
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Alternative ISBN 13:
9781400838714
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Alternative Price:
USD 32.50
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Publisher Info
Princeton University Press. InquiryBook Description
We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry--not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? The Pursuit of Laziness examines moral, political, and economic treatises of the period.
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